DNS Help

[bobbyp]

Not sure if this is the right forum, so apologies if I've got it wrong.

Here goes, I have a cable modem with a dynamic IP, what I want to do is point my domain at my IP so that I can host my own web, ftp and mail servers.

Is there a complete idiots guide out there to allow me to do this.

I'm currently running XP Pro with IIS 5 installed but don't really know how to use it.

Any help appreciated,

Bob

 

[Zedric]

First off, make sure your ISP allows this! Very important.

Then go to, for example, www.dyndns.org and check under "Custom DNS". It costs $30 to set up and is free after that. It works well with dynamic IP also.

Then you just set up the servers at home.

Good luck!

 

[JustinCredible]

I would recommend no-ip.com its totally free and in my experience works a lot better than dyndns. When I had dyndns it kept going down...

 

[Zedric]

It's not free if you have your own domain. "No-IP +" will cost $24.95/year.

 

[JustinCredible]

But they give you your own domain under the free package, thats what I was talking about.

 

[Zedric]

A domain free? I can't find anyting about it. You get a SUBdomain, yes, but not a domain as far as I can see.

 

[waddy]

I host my own email server + plus webserver and use dyndns.org, its a one off payment, you can have multiple hosts, and of course one MX record.

My IP is semi-static and is renewed once a month so i use an excellent free app to update my IP to dydndns.org when it changes and Im not home.

Its called - dyndns updater -

http://www.istop.com/~phartana/dyndns/